By Nadhi Marama, with Agency Report

Gusau — Gunmen,numbering about 20, have attacked Kaboro community in the Dansadau Emirate of Zamfara State, killing 18 people, including the village head.

This was even as associate of the former Governor Modu Sheriff of Borno State, Alhaji Mustapha Fulawama, 62, and his driver, Alhaji Labaran and one other person were, yesterday, killed in Maiduguri, Borno State, by unknown gunmen.

The gunmen had earlier torched the Chibok Divisional Police Station, a Bible school and another primary school in the area.

Falawama was shot in his Polo ward residence at 10.16am.

A survivor, Malam Sani Abdullahi, who narrated his ordeal to newsmen in Gusau, said dozens of the bandits, swooped on the village at 4am and began to shoot indiscriminately.

He said: “It was when the shooting started that the village head, identified as Alhaji Maiyara, came out to plead with the gunmen to stop the heinous crime.

“He was killed instantly when they felt that he was disturbing them with his endless begging after he was warned to shut up and keep off. He was slaughtered with a sword.”

A highly placed security officer attached to the Military Joint Task Force, JTF, in Maiduguri, who spoke under anonymity, confirmed that the incident occurred at about 10am.

The source said the assailants used a Keke NAPEP tricycle to trail the former governor’s associate, Fulawama, who was in his car before allegedly opening fire on both of himself and driver, killing them instantly.